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“The Curated Object will become an important resource for collectors, designers, journalists, and enthusiasts from across the spectrum of design. At last, the design world will have its own clock.”-
ELLEN LUPTON, Cooper-Hewitt Curator, Design Journalist, Writer, Critic and Proprietor of DESIGN, WRITING, RESEARCH

HOW IT WORKS

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(a 501(c)(3)-pending organization). Use our listings to find DECORATIVE ARTS + DESIGN EXHIBITIONS by CITY, COUNTRY or OPENING DATE. We do not accept advertising. We are interested in research and analyses by design philosophers, curators, antiquaries, museologists and radical historians. Send a press release so we can create a complimentary museum exhibition listing. Contact: CuratedObject@Gmail.com

OUR TASK

“The work of an intellectual is not to mould the political will of others; it is, through the analyses that he does in his own field, to re-examine evidence and assumptions, to shake up habitual ways of working and thinking, to dissipate conventional familiarities, to re-evaluate rules and institutions and to participate in the formation of a political will (where he has his role as citizen to play).”- Michel Foucault

Our Philosophy

Sometimes whispering and other times shouting, objects have their own time and cadence. The Curated Object is interested in the exhibition of objects and those who find our engagement with them compelling. Objects act out all the time and revolt against us. Listening carefully is our quest.

Emerging in the 1920s, Surrealism was probably the most influential and groundbreaking artistic movement in the 20th century. Surrealism's concerns and visual strategies quickly challenged and changed the world of art, design, fashion and advertising and nowadays, its influence still continues.

More than 200 objects compose the exhibition Surreal Things, the first to explore the impact of this movement on architecture, design, and the decorative arts. This new approach to Surrealism focuses on the evolution of the movement and shows the artists' commitment and engagement with the wider world of design. It highlights works such as Elsa Schiaparelli's designs, Meret Oppenheim's creations, Giorgio de Chirico's costumes and set designs for Le Bal, ceramics and paintings by Joan Miró and Jean Arp, sculptures by Alberto Giacometti, Alexander Calder's jewelry, tables and chairs by Carlo Mollino. For its presentation in Bilbao, the show will have a spectacular thematically laid out new installation design specially created for the Museum. It will also include a special tribute to two of the foremost figures of Surrealism: Salvador Dalí, whose broad creative output will be highlighted throughout the show, and Peggy Guggenheim, who amassed one of the finest collections of surrealist art the world has ever seen.

Since 2005 and thanks to the sponsorship of the
BANCAJA FOUNDATION, THE PAPER ART programme has lent stability to one
of the Museum’s exhibition lines, the intention of which is to give
value to works on paper which cannot be exhibited permanently as this
medium is particularly sensitive to light and the environmental
variations caused by humidity and temperature. As part of the Museum’s
ongoing exhibition programme entitled Art On Paper, this sixth edition
once again focuses on works on paper from its own collection of artists
more attuned to the academic side of 19th century art. From Goya to
Benlliure is a selection of some eighty works, including drawings,
engravings and watercolours by, among others, Francisco de Goya, Rosa
Bonheur, Juan Barroeta, Mariano Fortuny, Eduardo Zamacois, Anselmo Guinea and Mariano Benlliure.